Japan Press Weekly

220,000 workers protest against timid corporate response to pay raise demand

More than 220,000 union workers rose nationwide on March 13 in protest against companies’ insincere responses to their pay raise demand in the ongoing spring labor offensive.

Don’t falsify historical facts: Shii at press conf. on comfort women issue

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo released the party’s view refuting the recent move against the 1993 Kono Statement regarding the so-called comfort women issue.

Annul Russia’s Annexation of Crimea - Hegemonic overturning of world peace order impermissible: Shii

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo on March 19 published a statement in regards to Russia’s annexation of Crimea at a press conference in the Diet building.

JCP urges gov’t to clarify its stance against Russian military intervention in Crimea

Government claims regarding domestically-produced atomic energy and unstable renewable energy misleading

Japan’s war helped end segregation: constitutional revisionist group

Gov’t should refrain from reviewing statement on ‘comfort women’ issue: JCP Shii

220,000 workers protest against timid corporate response to pay raise demand

Bus drivers’ overwork leads to fatal accidents

140,000 people take part in nationwide action against heavy tax burden

Annul Russia’s Annexation of Crimea - Hegemonic overturning of world peace order impermissible: Shii

Don’t falsify historical facts: Shii at press conf. on comfort women issue

Japanese CP sees Crimean referendum as invalid

This week’s JCP international activities

State’s deregulation policy causes distress to children

City asks citizens to spy on welfare benefit recipients

Nagano Prefecture will launch grant-type scholarship program

 Welfare Ministry should not discourage welfare payment applicants

Ex-head of Fukushima crisis inspectors: public wants zero nuclear

All 59 Fukushima municipal assemblies vote for decommissioning all nuclear reactors

Hibakusha request lawmakers to support their demand for state compensation

Fifth Lucky Dragon and Akahata

Education minister requires local town to use textbook glorifying Japan’s aggressive war